Wednesday, 23 June 2010World Heritage in the Congo Basin
The World Heritage Centre has recently published a new booklet entitled "World Heritage in the Congo Basin".
This publication is intended for both ...

Wednesday, 3 March 20102009-2010 World Heritage map now available
The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from the United ...

Monday, 1 February 2010February 2nd is World Wetlands Day
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Secretariat to the World Heritage Convention, wishes to extend its best wishes to the Secretariat for the Ramsar ...

Thursday, 29 October 2009Poland is the Denkmal national partner 2010
Denkmal, European Trade Fair for Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation 18 - 20 November 2010
After Italy (2004), France (2006) and ...

Monday, 7 September 2009Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report published
The Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2009, prepared by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, is the first comprehensive assessment of the ...

Monday, 24 August 2009Marine spatial planning and World Heritage
Last June UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) published the guide, "Marine Spatial ...

Tuesday, 9 June 2009Nahanni National Park Reserve is expanded
The Honorable Jim Prentice, Canada's Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, has introduced a bill which resulted in ...

Tuesday, 31 March 200950th anniversary of Nubia Campaign
UNESCO, Egypt and Sudan have started commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nubia Campaign, a defining example of international solidarity when ...

Wednesday, 11 February 20092008-2009 World Heritage map now available
The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from the United ...

Wednesday, 16 January 20082007-2008 World Heritage Map Available
The 2007-2008 World Heritage map, the third to be produced in collaboration with National Geographic and Hewlett Packard, is now available. The goal ...

Friday, 21 December 2007Best Wishes from the World Heritage Centre
A turreted castle in the icescape of Antarctica evokes not just the sublime beauty of nature but also its impermanence. Preserving this fragile ...

Monday, 5 November 2007Restored Venaria Reale Palace re-opens
The Baroque palace of Venaria Reale, built by the Savoy dynasty outside the city of Turin, has been re-opened to the public after eight years of ...

Wednesday, 24 October 2007Members elected to World Heritage Committee
The 16th General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention elected 5 new members to the World Heritage Committee. The following ...

Thursday, 4 October 2007Terrorist attacks damage Pakistan Buddha
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre was informed of two attacks on an ancient rock carving of a seated Buddha located near Janabad in north-west ...

Tuesday, 7 August 2007Dubrovnik Saved from Wildfires
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is relieved that the wildfires around the city of Dubrovnik (Croatia) are now under control and would like to pay ...

Thursday, 3 May 2007“World Heritage Memory Net” is coming soon!
In November 2006, the World Heritage Centre signed a multi-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to ...

Friday, 1 December 20062006-2007 World Heritage Map Available
The 2006-2007 World Heritage map, the second to be produced in collaboration with National Geographic and Hewlett Packard, is now available. The goal ...

Wednesday, 13 September 2006A Virtual Tour of World Heritage Sites
On the occasion of Journées Européennes du Patrimoine (European Heritage Days), and as part of the UNESCO-Vocations Patrimoine Fellowships programme ...

Wednesday, 3 May 2006Launch of African World Heritage Fund
A fund to help the States of sub-Saharan Africa improve the preservation of their cultural and natural heritage will be launched in South Africa on 5 ...

Monday, 28 November 2005UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary 2006
The perfect planner for all those with a passion for World Heritage! The UNESCO World Heritage Desk Diary 2006 features a helpful week-at-a-glance ...

Friday, 18 November 2005World Heritage Alliance launched
United Nations Foundation and Expedia announced the launch of the World Heritage Alliance, an innovative joint initiative to promote sustainable ...

Monday, 10 October 2005Election to the World Heritage Committee
The 15th session of the General Assembly of States Parties to the World Heritage Convention elected Mauritius to the World Heritage Committee ...

Tuesday, 21 June 2005New findings from Peking Man site
The results of the latest geological and geophysical surveys conducted at the site of the Peking Man in Zhoukoudian (China) will be presented at the ...

Monday, 25 April 2005Major archaeological discoveries in Aksum
Major archaeological vestiges have been discovered at the World Heritage site of Aksum (Ethiopia) by the experts UNESCO sent to Aksum (Ethiopia) to ...

Wednesday, 20 April 2005Aksum obelisk arrives in Ethiopia
The first of three parts of the Aksum obelisk arrived in Ethiopia by airplane on April 19. The two other pieces of the obelisk, which has been in Rome ...

Friday, 15 October 2004NHK - World Heritage on the screen
A new partnership between UNESCO and the Japanese Television channel NHK will see the co-production and broadcast of some 200 short television ...

Wednesday, 8 September 2004Congo - Heritage in Danger
UNESCO is organizing, with the United Nations Foundation (UNF) the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and several conservation ...

Wednesday, 28 July 2004The 28th Session of the Committee
The 28th session of the World Heritage Committee was held in Sushou, China, under the chairmanship of Zhang Xinsheng, Vice Minister of Education of ...

Friday, 11 June 2004IUCN News
The web site for one of the World Heritage Advisory Bodies, the World Conservation Union (IUCN), regularly updates news on IUCN's work on protected ...

Friday, 4 June 2004Jebel Ouenat Technical Report
Tripoli-Kufra-Jebel Ouenat, 27 March - 5 April 2004Jebel Ouenat (in Arabic "Mountain of the springs") is a natural and cultural heritage site located ...

Wednesday, 19 May 2004Promoting and Preserving Congolese Heritage
UNESCO Conference 16-17 September at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to evaluate the current status and future needs of the World Heritage Centre / UNF ...

Friday, 12 September 1997Fire At Machu Picchu, Peru, 6-11 September
Between 6 and 11 September, the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, were threatened by a large brush fire, eventually consuming over 800 hectares of mountain ...